O.G. Rose

Getting into the nuance of this topic a little

I really enjoyed this talk with Ethan Nelson about the topic of need and ideas that he learned from the book “When the Body Says No” by Gabor Mate. Needs are never in a vacuum but are rather in a nexus and so they are much more nuanced than we like to think. We get into this and much more. Please check out Ethan’s podcast Becoming Conscious, Ethan also has a great Substack as well; his article on Mate’s book is what prompted the talk. Thank you again so much for your time Ethan. Ethan’s Substack; https://open.substack.com/pub/becomeconscious?r=lm9mc&utm_medium=ios Ethan’s Podcast; https://open.spotify.com/show/5oqTRbIXMAtLrKQ48k0pNp?si=FCqlsWbMQ-q-XybWq02WbQ

Talking about the nature of typical conversations and how accuracy is demanded at the expense of genuine relation.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Javier Rivera on his recent work on the Philosophy of Timing. Please check out his series on this topic here; https://youtu.be/uU83uDffF_w . We also reference a footnote in “The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida” by Caputo. Why does it make a difference to develop the concept of timing vs time? What does timing have to do with subjectivity? What does discourse have to do with deconstructing subjectivity? How does technology permutate our discourse? These questions and more explored in our talk! Enjoy 🎉

Really lovely to speak with Molly O’Leary on a recent book she read, The Spell of the Sensuous by Abram. We discuss related topics such as the revealing and concealing of nature, the harshness of the Internet landscape, and how language relates to our connection and disconnection. Some notable quotes mentioned by Molly are from ‘Field Poetics’ by Krieder and O’Leary and Rachel Carson on sea slugs; ‘Without a brain, or what we would call a memory, or even any very clear perception, Convoluta continues to live out its life in this alien place, remembering, in every fibre of its small green body, the tidal rhythm of the distant sea.' (66) Enjoy! 🐌

Here Bethany and I wrap up our 4 episode series about Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s 1957 masterpiece of a novel. We had a wonderful conversation discussing Part 3 and the end of the novel, focusing on Galt’s Gulch; how it relates to Nietzsche’s Zarathustra descending into the valley, to the meaning of the mountain as an esoteric symbol, and to Christian themes. Bethany also describes how Galt’s Gulch harkens, almost like a premonition, to the “The Network State” by

Balaji Srinivasan. We also discuss the cottagecore vibes of Galt’s Gulch. Enjoy!🍄 PS: To read Bethany’s writing, please subscribe to her substack; https://open.substack.com/pub/bethanybtabor?r=lm9mc&utm_medium=ios

In this talk, Raymond and I discuss a video on his YouTube channel concerning an essay entitled “The Internet is Made of Demons” by Sam Kriss, I’ll include the link to Raymond’s original video here https://youtu.be/XamFM4iHhtY The talk also touched on some related ideas from Raymond’s book “Notes From A Pod”, to purchase visit this link https://raymondk.gumroad.com/l/htnykg

Here Bethany and I talk about Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s 1957 masterpiece of a novel. We had a wonderful conversation discussing the great “money speech” in Part 2 as well as the literary atmosphere achieved by Rand’s writing. We also talk about a key symbol in the book as well as self-generating value and Earthy transcendence, touching on how Rand’s project is so akin to the work of Nietzsche and why that matters. As a heads up, we do discuss specific plot points from the book. Enjoy 🤑 PS: To read Bethany’s writing, please subscribe to her substack; https://open.substack.com/pub/bethanybtabor?r=lm9mc&utm_medium=ios

Sanduni Mudiyanse always brings wonderful and fresh ideas to the table. It was lovely discussing the question of is there is such a thing as “the one”. We dove into why the concept of soul mate often loses its soul leaving people as mere mates and also why, to speak to Esther Perel’s work, we’ve put the roles of a whole village on one person, as “the one”. We leave with an important cliffhanger question, which we’ll address in part 2!

Here we discuss some of our favorite scenes and ideas from Part 1 of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (continued from last week). We dig into the difference between entitlement and self-generating value, how politics relate to the family, and how the book speaks to free time and consumerism. Some plot details are revealed. We begin with a brief note on the Earth’s seasons and how they are so inextricable from us. Hope you’ll check it out! To read Bethany’s writing, please subscribe to her substack; https://open.substack.com/pub/bethanybtabor?r=lm9mc&utm_medium=ios